Oyl Family | Popeye the Sailor Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Popeye the Sailor Wiki Segar's Thimble Theatre strips featured a number of Olive Oyls relatives named after other oils. Castor Oyl Edit Castor Oyl is Olive Oyl 's older brother; they are the children of Cole Oyl and his wife Nana. He was the main protagonist of Thimble Theatre for years before the first appearance of the Popeye character in January 1929. A quick-witted yet diminutive adventurer, Castor Oyl continued to be an important character in Segar's Popeye strip, but played little (most usually no) role in the Popeye theatrical cartoons produced by Fleischer Studios . His most prominent appearance in the series is as a member of Popeye's orchestra in the 1935 short The Spinach Overture . In the 1980 film directed by Robert Altman , Castor is a key character, and is played by actor Donovan Scott. In the film, however, he is made Olive's younger brother and is considerably less sophisticated than his comic strip counterpart.

Nana Oyl and Cole Oyl Edit Nana Oyl is castor and Olive Oyl mother. Cole Oyl is Olive and Castors father. Nana Oyl was named after "banana oil," a mild slang phrase of the time used in the same way as "horsefeathers," i.e. "nonsense". In the 1980 film Nana is played by Roberta Maxwell and Cole oyl is played by MacIntyre Dixon. Olive Oyl: Popeye was an Afterthought - America Comes Alive World War II Welcome to America Comes Alive!, a site I created to share little-known stories of America's past. These stories are about Americans - people just like you - who have made a difference and changed the course of history. Look around the site and find what inspires you. Kate Kelly Olive Oyl: Popeye was an Afterthought Popeye is one of the most famous cartoon characters from the 1930s but unknown to most people is the fact that Olive Oyl, who eventually becomes his ‘sweet patootie,’ preceded him in the funny papers by a good ten years.

Olive and her family were the main focus of the Thimble Theatre comic strip, which was created by Elzie Crisler Segar (1894-1938), a young cartoonist from Chester, Illinois who had taken a correspondence course about cartooning, completing the 20 lessons in 1916. Thus his career was launched with an investment of $25.00 for the course. Segar moved to Chicago where he was hired for as a staff cartoonist at the Chicago Herald. He experimented with a few of his own features; his creation of Looping the Loop, a cartoon with a Chicago focus attracted the attention of a New York editor for Hearst’s properties. The editor invited Segar to New York to produce a strip for King Features. On December 19, 1919 Segar’s Thimble Theatre debuted in The New York Journal. Thimble Theatre started out with characters who spoofed popular films and plays of the day but it soon began to focus on the continuing adventures of Olive Oyl, her scheming brother Castor, and her boyfriend Harold Hamgravy who soon became Ham Gravy.

While the stories were well enough liked that the papers carrying Thimble Theatre kept doing so, no major break out in popularity occurred. A decade later Segar was still looking for the magic that would make the strip a must-read. In January 1929, Olive’s brother, Castor Oyl, needed someone who could navigate his ship to Dice Island and he picked up a sailor who hung out at the docks; his name was Popeye. Popeye made his debut with a great response to being asked if he was a sailor: “‘Ja think I’m a cowboy?” Popeye became a permanent addition to the strip, and eventually he became so popular that the strip became known as Popeye. Olive Herself Olive Oyl was a super thin young lady who was well-suited to wear the flapper fashions of the 1920s. She usually had her hair in a tight bun coiled low on the back of her head. Her boyfriend Ham Gravy was a “lounge lizard” always in need of money. He often expressed interest in well-to-do women and the stress this caused Olive was a frequent storyline.

Because Segar had no plans for Popeye to be a regular (until his popularity made it clear he needed to be), Popeye did not get paired with Olive Oyl until a little later. Once it became clear there might be possibilities with Popeye instead of Ham, Olive and Popeye bantered for weeks before realizing they cared for each other. Olive was sometimes attracted to other men but always ends up with Popeye. Tough guy Bluto (aka Brutus) and Popeye have many issues they fight over, and Olive Oyl is a prime one…Bluto frequently kidnaps her and Popeye eventually ingests enough spinach to overcome Bluto and get her back. When we remember Popeye and Olive Oyl, it is generally not in their comic strip form. Most baby boomers grew up with the animated Popeye cartoons being a popular show of the day. These were createdby Paramount/Famous Studios from 1942-57. Bonnie Poe was the first voice of Olive Oyl but soon Mae Questel, who was also the voice of Betty Boop took over. Questel remained the voice until 1938; after that time Olive Oyl have been voiced by several other actresses.

Cartoonist Segar died of leukemia in 1938 but his characters, who excelled at slapstick comedy but still reflected very human themes and emotions, most definitely live on. Continue Reading POPEYE CHARACTERS POPEYE CHARACTERS en Sweeï¿½Pee Sweeï¿½Pee or Sweeï¿½Pea, appears for the first time on July 28th, 1933. When Popeye sees Swee'Pee, entusiastically says: ï¿½Woopee, I always wanted a baby!ï¿½. Segar usually gives foodï¿½s names to his characters, so we cannot exclude that Swee' Pee was a clear reference to the childï¿½s sex. Swee' Pee, in a wool wrapper as it used to be for all babies at that time, doesnï¿½t speak but emits strange sounds. Heï¿½s an orphan child.

Heï¿½also the heir to the throne of Roccaverza, called Demonia: he will be indeed the chief character of an exciting episode in 1937 (probably the most beautiful), when he seats on the throne cheered by everyone. Eugene the Jeep This strange and little animal comes from the fourth dimensionï¿½s world. It appears for the first time in ï¿½The Thimble Theatreï¿½, on March 21st, 1936. Segar called it Eugene, from the name of his daughterï¿½s boyfriend; this mythical creature is able to answer sincerely and exactly to any questions about the past, the future and the present. Its acting is magnificent: if it will take a step forward then the answer will be yes but if it will stand straight then the answer will be no. The Jeep eats a lot of orchids; there are 363 fellows living in a island called ï¿½Jeep Islandï¿½ and illustrated in the story ï¿½the Eighth Seaï¿½. J.

Wellington Wimpy Wimpy appears for the first time in 1931 on the occasion of a boxing match between Popeye and the general Bunzo: he is the slovenly and slimy referee. He is a mean person who only thinks of his primary scope: a free sandwich. Wimpyï¿½s unemployment is a symbol; his parasitism fully answers an innate survivalï¿½s instinct. The name of the American chain ï¿½Wimpyï¿½, specialized in hamburger, derives from this greedy character. Olive Oyl She is Popeyeï¿½s girlfriend and Castor Oylï¿½s sister. Thin, peevish, self-assured, idiot and sometimes endowed with great tenderness, she is the only one able to beat Popeye. Olive appears in 1919. Castor Oyl He is a Boss and future Popeyeï¿½s brother in law. Short, presumptuous, domineering and bore, he was born to order and oppress. Heï¿½s the symbol of success. Castor appears many years before Popeye in 1919.

Popeye He is Poopdeck Pappyï¿½s son, Oliveï¿½s boyfriend and Swee' Peeï¿½s putative father. Cross-eyed, and quarrelsome, endowed with tender heart and strong punches, he acts with fairness and honesty. It has been erected a monument to him in Crystal City, Texas. >>Read "Popeye" and "Whiffle hen" Popeye appears for the first time on January 17th, 1929. Geezil Heï¿½s a presumed professor with a shaggy beard. He has words with many people but finally heï¿½s an easy going. Is he a member of the lower middle class or a timid homeless? Somebody says he was an illustrious master. P. Zupe appears in 1931. Toar He is Swee' Peeï¿½s ï¿½baby sitterï¿½ and Popeyeï¿½s ï¿½puppetï¿½. Heï¿½s delicate and kind but he could lift your house with a hand! Brutus appears in 1935-36.

She is bald, with hairy forearms, laughing and intent on feminine work. Love is spiritual meat and drink to her. She appears in 1935-36. Poopdeck Pappy He is the aged Popeyeï¿½s father-counterpart; he appears in the comic strips late. Pappy is a degenerate father who has abandoned the son as soon as he was born: his excuse is that he had to buy a packet of cigarettes. We know Pappy under a lot of names: Father of Edge, Arm of Wood, Poppaï¿½ Palmiro Boschesi wrote about this character: ï¿½Heï¿½s sullen, quarrelsome, ladiesï¿½ man, irritable, impolite and brutal; heï¿½s 99 years old and however he is in perfect form. Women are his great passion: he even hides in the childrenï¿½s prams to be kissed by the ladiesï¿½. He tried to take advantage of his likeness with the son in order to conquer Olive, cutting his beard.

He fell in love with his future daughter in law and he tried to marry her; but the Popeyeï¿½s revenge was quick and Popeye punched Pappy many times. In an unforgettable adventure called ï¿½The Search for Popeye's Poppaï¿½ and begun on August 4th ,1936, Popeye leaves with all his tribe in search of the father. Translation by Carlo Cianci Popeye FAQ 1.What are the names of Popeye's nephews? Pip-Eye, Pup-Eye, Poop-Eye, and Peep-Eye. (And you thought you were made fun of in school!) 2. What was the name of Popeye's dog/cat? A dog-like animal hung out with Popeye in the comic strip, comic books, and in the Fleischer and KFS toons. He was a magical, fourth dimensional creature named Eugene The Jeep. I know a few people thought he looked like a cat. He always looked like a dog to me. In the comic strips and comic books, Popeye also had a dog during the 1960s named Birdseed.

More recently, he has one named Chester, after the birthplace of Popeye's creator, E.C. Segar. The Hanna-Barbera Popeye show featured "Dinky Dog" cartoons, but Dinky didn't belong to Popeye, and neither The Sailorman, nor any of his supporting cast members, ever appeared in these segments. 3. Whose baby is Swee-Pea? In the comic strips and comic books, Swee'Pea is Popeye's adopted son. It was always unclear to me in the Fleischer cartoons who he belonged to. The Famous Studio's cartoons said that he was Olive Oyl's cousin. In the KFS toons, he always seemed to be Popeye's adopted son, though I'm not sure if that was ever stated or not. Swee'Pea didn't appear in the Hanna-Barbera cartoons. 4. Why did the KFS cartoons change Bluto's name to Brutus? When the Fleischer brothers wanted to use Popeye in animated cartoons during the 1930s, they asked Popeye's creator, E.C. Segar, to create a villain that could become Popeye's continuing, long-standing nemesis.

Segar created a pirate, Bluto The Terrible, and used him in his comic strip before the animated films ever came out. After the introductory adventure, Segar never used the character again. The Fleischer brothers and later Famous Studios (a division of Paramount Pictures) produced cartoons featuring Bluto up through the 1950s. In the early 60s, King Features Syndicate, the distributor of Popeye's comic strip, commissioned several different animation studios to produce made-for-TV Popeye toons. They mistakenly believed that Paramount Pictures had the copyright to the name Bluto, forgetting that the character first appeared in their (KFS's) comic strips. So the same character was used in the TV toons, only his name was changed to Brutus. Around this same time, the character began appearing in comic books and the comic strip by one of Segar's successors under the name of Brutus. About two decades later, the character reappeared in the comic strip as Bluto and then Hanna-Barbera made-for-TV toons featured Bluto. (For more on Bluto, see the Bluto page!) 5. Who is that monster-like lady who appears in some of the cartoons? Alice The Goon.

Her race appeared in a Fleischer cartoon, "Goonland", and she was in several KFS toons. She became a supporting character in Hanna-Barbera's "Private Olive Oyl" cartoons. Alice never appeared in a Famous Studios' film. E.C. Segar created her for the Thimble Theater comic strip, first as an enemy of Popeye, then later, as a friend and Swee'Pea's babysitter. 6. What are the lyrics to the Popeye theme song and what is the name of the sailor's song that gets mixed in with the theme song during the credits and reappears throughout the cartoons? The lyrics are: I'm Popeye the Sailor Man I'm Popeye the Sailor Man I'm strong to the "Finich" 'Cause I eats me spinach I'm Popeye the Sailor Man. I'm one tough Gazookus Wot ain't on the up and square I biffs 'em and buffs 'em An' always out-roughs 'em an' none of 'em gits no-where. If anyone dasses to risk My "Fisk" it's "Boff" an' It's "Wham" un 'erstan'?

That's your one life saver With Popeye the Sailor Man. >>> Written by Sammy Lerner, quoted in Popeye: The First Fifty Years by Bud Sagendorf. The sailor's song that is mixed in with the theme song during the credits and reappears throughout the cartoons is entitled, "The Sailor's Hornpipe." 7. What's the name of Popeye's boat? According to Bud Sagendorf, one of the creators of the Popeye comic strips and comic books over the years, it's The Olive. 8. Do you have any pictures of Swee'Pea, Alice, Sea Hag, The Jeep, etc.? What you see is what you get! The only pictures I have available to the public are the ones that are up throughout my website. Right clicking on any of them should enable you to save them off in files. You can find more pictures by visiting other people's websites that I've linked to from my POPEYE LINKS section. I regret that I don't have the time to personally fulfill requests for pictures. 9. Can you send me some pictures of my favorite Popeye cast member? Sorry, but no. I'd like to, but I simply don't have the time.

You can right click on the pictures that are up throughout my site and save them in your own files. 10. Do you sell any Popeye merchandise or have any freebies to give out? My site isn't a commercial site. It's a fan site. Therefore I don't have anything to sell or have any samples to give away. Check out Spinach Can Collectibles, though (see POPEYE LINKS ). 11. Where can I get tapes or DVDs of the Popeye cartoons? Unfortunately, most of the vast Popeye library has not been released. A few cartoons from the Fleischers and Famous Studios that are in the public domain are available along with some from the KFS and Hanna-Barbera years. Check out Spinach Can Collectibles (see POPEYE LINKS ), Amazon.com , and ebay . Another way to get some of the toons is to record them off Boomerang and Cartoon Network. I have no tapes to sell, as I'm not a commercial site. And, unfortunately, I haven't the time or the equipment to make copies for everyone either. Sorry! I understand your frustration! Let's just hope for the day when the toons will be available for home entertainment.

You can watch some of the public domain cartoons online at Liketelevision . 12. Do you have any ideas for costumes of Popeye, Olive, etc.? Check the pictures up all throughout my site for pictures of the Famous Studios' Popeye, Olive Oyl, and Bluto. A classic FS Olive Oyl pose and outfit is on my Drab To Fab page. For other versions of the characters, check out the other web pages I'm linked to from the POPEYE LINKS section. Here are some catchphrases you can use to get into character: Popeye: "That's all I can stands cause I can't stands no more!" "I'm strong to the finich, cause I eats me spinach!" Olive: "I've had enough and enough is too much." "Keep your hands to yourself, you, you, you, that's what you are!" "Help! Popeye!" 13. Why isn't my favorite Popeye cartoon, "_____," mentioned on your site? Many different studios have made Popeye cartoons over the years.

My site concentrates on my favorites, which were made by Paramount/Famous Studios, and has some material about the KFS cartoons (but I'm not an expert on them and haven't even looked at many of them in years). Maybe your favorite was made by another studio or is a KFS cartoon I'm not that familiar with. 14. Who are Olive Oyl's relatives? In the comic strips and comic books, her parents are Cole and Nana Oyl, her brother is Castor Oyl, her cousin is Sutra Oyl, her Uncles are Lubry Kent Oyl and Otto Oyl, and in the KFS animated cartoons her niece is Deezil Oyl. 15. Who were the voice actors in the Famous Studios' Popeye cartoons and are they still alive today? Jack Mercer did the voices of Popeye, Wimpy, Poopdeck Pappy, and some minor characters. Mae Questel voiced Olive Oyl, Swee'Pea, and some children and background female characters. Jackson Beck was Bluto, Pierre, the sheik, the lifeguard, etc. He was also the narrator in cartoons which used one, and voiced some minor characters as well.

Jackson Beck, the last living "voice," died in 2004. So, none are alive today. 16. What branch of service were Popeye & his friends members of? The comic strip Popeye created by Segar was never in the Armed Forces. The animated cartoons put Popeye and Bluto both in the navy because of WWII. Although in one Fleischer cartoon, Many Tanks, and one Famous Studios' toon, Spinach-Packin' Popeye, Bluto was in the army!! As was Popeye in Fleischer's I'm In The Army Now!! Fleischer's Popeye Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves found Popeye serving in the Coast Guard, as did a KFS cartoon (I think - maybe it was a Hanna-Barbara one) where he fought the Sea Hag. (Thanks, Terah and CPO Matthew Boyle, for that Coast Guard info!) After the war, it was never clearly stated what branch of the service the boys were in, though they kept their white sailor uniforms. In a few cartoons, they were pictured aboard the living quarters on a ship, or disembarking after a tour at sea. In the majority of the cartoons, the whole Armed Services theme was never brought up.

The Ocean comic books, which most fans view as apocryphal because they changed so much of Popeye's back story, put Popeye, Bluto, AND Wimpy in the Navy. People in every branch of the military have claimed Popeye and Bluto as their own throughout the years, due in part, perhaps to promotional or fan material produced by some of the cartoonists and the fact that servicemen have put their pictures on aircraft, ships, etc. For more comments from military people themselves (or their fans), see my Popeye And The Armed Forces page. 17. What did Popeye eat to make him strong BEFORE spinach? In the comic strip Thimble Theater where Popeye debuted, Segar originally didn't give any explanation for why Popeye was so tough. Later, as he kept getting queries about the Sailorman's strength, he had Popeye explain it by saying that he had eaten spinach every day from the time he was a lad. (At the time, articles were appearing touting the benefits of eating spinach.) So, in the "canonical" Popeye sources, he never ate anything else to get strong.

However, in the Famous Studios' cartoon, Greek Mirthology, Popeye tells his nephews the story of his great, great, great, great grandfather Hercules. In a flashback, Hercules was seen sniffing garlic and gaining super strength. By the end of the cartoon, though, he had discovered spinach and switched over to it. Whether the story was "real" or whether Popeye was just trying to get his nephews to eat the green veggie is open to debate. 18. What ethnicity were Popeye and the other characters supposed to have? This is all speculation, but I've always thought that the animated cartoon Popeye was a New Englander. In the cartoon, She-Sick Sailors, there's a sign at the train station near Olive's house that says Bridgeport, Connecticut. In the Famous Studios' cartoons, Olive sometimes has a slight New York Jewish accent. Maybe Olive's ancestors were Russian Jews who came to America. An emailer pointed out to me that in the live-action movie, the Oyls sounded sort of Slavic. I don't know that Popeye's creator, E.C. Segar, ever really said what ethnic group the Oyls or Popeye himself belonged to.

And in the Famous Studios' cartoons, Bluto is said to be from Brooklyn, and many Fleischer cartoons certainly take place in Depression-era NYC, with all the characters living there. So Bluto and Olive seem to be New Yorkers, now (during the Famous Studios' time frame) living in Connecticut, while Popeye seems to be a New Englander, who once lived in the Big Apple. And in some Famous Studios' cartoons, they all seem to be back in NYC (maybe for a visit or to conduct business). See The Royal Four-Flusher and Symphony In Spinach for example. 19. How did you retain so much info on the cartoons? When I was growing up, in the days before Cable and Satellite TV were common, we lived between Rochester and Syracuse, NY and received TV broadcasts from both cities. If the conditions were right, we could also get one from Canada and, once in a great while, a station from Buffalo. This was during the time period when Popeye was the most popular cartoon character on TV and almost every city had at least one station that ran Fleischer, Famous Studios, and/or KFS toons.

So when I was young, I often could, and did, see Popeye cartoons every day of the week, sometimes several times during a day. Even up through my college years, Popeye was shown in the region and I would occasionally catch one of his shows. While I was in seminary, and then pastoring my first church, in the New England area, there were stations out of Boston that broadcast the cartoons. I would sometimes tune in when as I was trying to wake up in the morning or when I was relaxing after work before supper. As a result, over my lifetime, I must have seen a cartoon like Snow Place Like Home hundreds of times. And when Cable TV, Cartoon Network, Superstations, and VCRs came along, I began recording and collecting the cartoons. Friends I've met through the Internet have also helped. The Official Popeye Fanclub has proved to be a great source of information for me as well as a way to meet many nice, knowledgeable people. Fred Grandinetti's books on Popeye (see the review on his latest on my Popeye Book Review page!) have also been a help to me, as well as books on animation history in general by various authors. 20.

What are Olive Oyl's vital statistics? Please see my Olive Oyl FAQ page. 21. What day of the week did Wimpy always claim he would pay for his hamburgers on? Tuesday. Olive Oyl | Popeye the Sailorpedia | Fandom powered by Wikia Grey DeLisle Olive Oyl is a character created by Elzie Crisler Segar in 1919 for his comic strip Thimble Theatre (which was subsequently renamed after Popeye ever since the sailor character became the most popular member of the strip's cast). She is Popeye's eternal sweetheart and the two have stuck through thick and thin to face many challenges and adventures together. Since her debut, Olive is one of the most recognizable female cartoon characters in the world and is often seen as a poster girl for the "damsel-in-distress" theme. Contents Character history Creation and development in Thimble Theatre Olive was created by E. C. Segar and was said to have been inspired by real-life Chester, Illinois local Dora Paskel .

Olive would make her debut in the first strip of Thimble Theatre , dated December 19, 1919 and she continued to be a main character for the 9 years that predated Popeye's introduction in January 1929. In the strip, as written by Segar, Olive was something of a coy flapper whose extremely thin build lent itself well to the fashions of the time; her long black hair was usually rolled in a neat bun, like her mother's. After Olive's run in the original Thimble Theatre, she would return as a main character in the 1948 comic book series by E. C. Segar's assistant Bud Sagendorf , which combined elements from both the original Thimble Theatre and the Fleischer Studios cartoons. Her comic book appearances would continue for decades until the title's end in 1984. Fleischer Studios Olive after consuming some of Popeye's spinach. As Popeye's popularity grew, Fleischer Studios would produce a long-running series of animated theatrical shorts loosely based on Thimble Theatre due to the short-length of the shorts.

Olive would be made one of the main characters of the animated shorts alongside Popeye, Bluto and occasionally Wimpy . The voice for Olive Oyl was created by character actress Mae Questel (who also voiced Betty Boop and other characters); Questel styled Olive Oyl's voice and mannerisms after ZaSu Pitts , including her catchphrase , "Oh Dear!". The first few cartoons, however, featured Bonnie Poe as the voice of Olive Oyl. In 1938, Margie Hines took over as the voice of Olive Oyl, starting with the cartoon Bulldozing The Bull . In the cartoons, she would usually be Popeye's sweetheart, or a girl that both Popeye and Bluto were trying to impress. Other times, she would help to take care of a baby named Little Swee'Pea ; it is not made clear in Fleischer's continuity if Swee'Pea is Olive's biological or adopted son. In the comics, Swee'Pea is a foundling under Popeye's care. Later sources, mostly in the cartoon series, say that Swee'Pea is Olive Oyl's cousin or nephew that she has to take care of from time to time.

Because of the episodic nature of the shorts, Olive's character was severely limited to only serving as a damsel-in-distress who was often kidnapped by Bluto and saved by Popeye. However some shorts did show her as being as much of a scrapper as in Thimble Theatre. Unlike most modern damsels-in-distress, Olive Oyl has her hair in a bun and is tall and skinny, with oversized feet, making viewers often wonder why so many men find her so appealing and are willing to resort to violence for her. Famous Studios Famous Studios' re-design of Olive. Following the takeover of the Popeye animated franchise by Paramount Studios in 1942, Famous Studios made drastic changes which abandoned almost all traces of Thimble Theatre and focused largely on plots involving Popeye, Olive, Bluto in something resembling a love triangle, without many other characters appearing and with very few shorts deviating from that setup, which involved Olive falling for Bluto and Popeye beating him after eating spinach in an oft-repeated formula.

Olive's design was changed quite a bit, now being given more hair, smaller feet, wider eyes and a more feminine face, likely as to try making her a more attractive prize for suitors to fight over. This re-design also brought in a drastic change in Olive's personality, where she was now always completely helpless, along with being more vain and fickle towards others, especially Popeye who, unlike in previous media, would quickly leave him at the drop of hat over petty or questionable reasons, which made the character come off as very superficial, and only few shorts ever retained any resemblance to how she was. Questel returned as the voice of Olive Oyl in 1944, starting with the cartoon The Anvil Chorus Girl . First television series In 1960, the first Popeye the Sailor animated television series was produced for ABC which proved successful. Like the earlier theatrical cartoon series, it would use many elements that were already well known, mostly the basic storyline of Popeye trying to keep his sweetheart Olive safe from the hands of other male suitors while using spinach to remain fit and healthy.

While the show did involve Popeye and Olive's love life, episodes actually focused more on Popeye and his adventures around the world (and beyond) not unlike the Fleischer and comic strip incarnation. In the show's pilot, Olive's design was faithful to her original depiction, but when the series was picked up she was made to look like her Famous Studios incarnation. Olive also usually helped Popeye against The Sea Hag in this show much like in Thimble Theatre due to his unwillingness to harm women. The show also saw a new addition to Olive's family in the form of her niece, Deezil Oyl . The All-New Popeye Hour In 1978, Hanna-Barbera Productions , with King Features Syndicate , would produce a new Popeye television series, The All-New Popeye Hour . Unlike the previous show, this series had higher-quality animation and was more akin to Segar's work and Fleischer cartoons than other Popeye animations, with Olive being seen as less cowardly and more daring, and her design was also changed back to match her original look rather than her design from the Famous Studios and 60s era.

Olive also gained a new gimmick in that whenever she ate spinach, she temporarily became a superhero called Wonder Olive . She also gained her own segment titled Private Olive Oyl , where she was teamed up with Alice the Goon . In said segment, both were female army recruits trying to learn the ropes and protocols of army life while having to endure the strict enforcement of their no-nonsense superior, Bertha Blast . Marilyn Schreffler replaced Mae Questel as Olive Oyl when Hanna-Barbera obtained rights to produce The All-New Popeye Hour despite that Questel herself auditioned for the role. Popeye's first movie In 1980, a theatrical movie called Popeye was released, featuring an original story and serving as a more faithful adaptation to Segar's Thimble Theatre. In the film, Olive was played by Shelley Duvall and one reviewer called her performance "eerily perfect". Also of note was that the film featured Olive's brother Castor Oyl in a major supporting role, making it the second theatrical instance of the two siblings together since the 1934 Fleischer cartoon The Spinach Overture .

Popeye and Son In 1987, the latest animated series focusing on Popeye was produced, entitled Popeye and Son . The series was unique in the Popeye franchise for taking place later in Popeye's life, where he and Olive Oyl finally got married, settled down and had a son of their own (a notable change considering the rarity of having well-known cartoon characters actually move on with their lives). In it, Olive served as a trendy mother who was always eager to help her son and family. Her new look reflected the sporty fashion sense of most mothers of the decade. Revivals In 2004, a CGI-animated TV movie titled Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy was produced by Mainframe Entertainment for Lions Gate Entertainment and King Features Entertainment which featured Olive joining Popeye in his search for Poopdeck Pappy , while serving as the crew's cook and Swee'Pea's caretaker. An attempt at a full-fledged animated theatrical film was also made by Sony Pictures Animation for release in 2012, with test animation made by Genndy Tartakovsky, yet production on this film has apparently remained on an indefinite hiatus.

In the test animation, Olive seemed younger and wore a white gown. In 2012, IDW Publishing began a brand-new Popeye comic book that primarily stayed faithful to the original comic strips by E. C. Segar and Bud Sagendorf. As such, Olive is portrayed as the assertive and aggressive scrapper she was in the comics of old. One notable issue featured the return of her old boyfriend Ham Gravy once again pursuing Olive. Character designs Olive is always depicted as a tall, skinny and lanky young woman with a stick-like figure and oversized feet. She has short black hair which she always keeps tied in a bun and wears a pair of large brown boots and a long black dress with a red top that goes past her knees. Her unique frame gives her a number of odd features, with her lanky body being so flexible that it almost seems as though she is made of rubber, with her limbs often twisting or stretching beyond the norm to the point where she might even seem boneless.

Despite her odd physique, she is seen as something of a beauty by several male suitors, and her exact charm seems to be that she is very "unique" in her prettiness compared to other women, as explained in the 1960s cartoon episode "Insultin The Sultan". The Famous Studio depiction of Olive was often drawn to appear more attractive. A visually different Olive began appearing in later Famous Studios releases. Meant to be more appealing to the eyes of the public, this Olive is noticeably changed, having bigger, more expressive eyes and a modern hairstyle. At the same time, she would demonstrate more empowerment, as she would often put up more of a fight towards her abductor(s) (but with little success) or other female characters trying to woo Popeye. This incarnation, however, is found by some to have more of an unlikeable personality due to her vain and superficial tendencies. A common criticism refers to how Olive Oyl was employed in the animated adaptations of the original comics (mostly in the Famous Studios era), which made her the center of a love triangle that included Popeye and Bluto.

Thus, the finesse and complexity of Thimble Theatre was almost always superseded by simplistic conflict between two rivals for her favor. Because of this, some of her critics have taken issue with her appearance, regarding her as too ugly, old-looking or plain for such a role as an object of desire, ignoring the fact that she was chiefly meant to be a humorous character by her creator. However, while some disregard her as a love interest, others such as author Steve Bierly argue for the character's appeal. Personality Olive's aggressive temperament. Olive is a young woman whose life is filled with awkward and unlucky circumstances, often making her easily worried which leads to her usual expression "Oh Dear!". Despite this, she is a very assertive (sometimes violent) and fickle woman and is not one to hide her true feelings, showing no restraint when she is angered and may even sock some hussies and bozos in the eye if need be.

Despite her assertive attitude and confidence, she is still a bit cowardly most of the time, not surprising considering the number of unlucky and dangerous situations she finds herself in regularly, and even more so when having to deal with some of Popeye's dangerous foes, such as Bluto the Terrible, Pirates, Ghosts, Martians or even the dreaded Sea Hag . As helpless as she might seem towards more fearsome foes, she is still a tomboyish scrapper who will not back down against ordinary opponents (whether they be armed or unarmed) and will do her best to help others, and when even those who've come to her rescue are incapacitated, she will do whatever it takes to free herself and fight, even willing to sock the likes of the Sea Hag for Popeye's sake when she knows that his chivalrous nature will not allow him to hurt women (no matter how homely and witch-like they are).

Olive is also an avid gun enthusiast who was often shown in several strips polishing and admiring her collection, and would only use them against crooks and other armed ruffians who threatened her or others in her day-to-day life, but most of the time she would rather use her mighty feet or quick fists to do pummel others. Olive cares deeply about Popeye, and despite their rough start, she eventually grew to love him dearly. However, at times she can be quite bossy and possessive, always wanting to make Popeye do what she wants, but the quick witted sailor usually manages to find a way to avoid his lover's wrath. Despite these difference, the two really do love each other and both are willing to fight for each other if need be, as both get easily jealous and will often fight any potential rivals that threaten to separate them, and Olive will go all out against any rival like the scrapper she is. In fact, Olive's violent tendencies towards rival women once even made her literally go mad with rage.

In the Famous Studios cartoons, Olive was portrayed as more of a vain, shallow and completely helpless diva, with her romantic feelings for Popeye usually being less faithful and she would often be wooed by the likes of Bluto only for Popeye to win her back in the end, or for both Popeye and Bluto to give up on her. Family Olive is very close to her family and regularly spends time with them, including her brother, Castor Oyl , their mother, Nana Oyl (after "banana oil", a mild slang phrase of the time used in the same way as "horsefeathers," i.e. "nonsense"), their father, Cole Oyl , Castor's estranged wife, Cylinda Oyl, and more recently, Olive's niece, Deezil Oyl (a pun on diesel oil) appears in the cartoons. Also among Olive's family are her cousin, Sutra Oyl and various uncles such as Otto Oyl and Lubry Kent Oyl, as well as her Auntie Bellum . In Popeye and Son , she would also be shown to be an excellent wife and mother, always standing by Popeye when needed and always doing what's best for their son Popeye Junior .

Rivals Olive Oyl has had many rivals in the animated Popeye cartoons and a few instances in other media. In the cartoon series she might have been often perceived as a "helpless female", but in the original E.C. Segar comic strips she is shown to be quite the scrapper and will fight for her man. Sutra Oyl (Comics) The only cartoon female to get let off without a single cat-fight from Olive would have to be Betty Boop . In the first Popeye cartoon, entitled Popeye the Sailor , Betty is shown onstage doing a seductive dance together with Popeye while Olive dances in the crowd. In Myron Waldman's official artworks both Olive and Betty are shown to be quite good friends even when Popeye is flirting with Betty. King Features continues to feel this way about both characters, which they portrayed as a Twitter message between the two. Biography Past Olive was born the daughter of Cole Oyl and Nana Oyl , and the younger sister of the ever ambitious Castor Oyl .

Upon reaching adulthood, Olive became the target of two male suitors, the "lounge lizard" Harold Hamgravy and the villainous Willie Wormwood , however Olive chose the young Ham Gravy to be her suitor. Regardless, the lowdown Wormwood was determined to win Miss Oyl's hand and often concocted many devious schemes to win her heart, but all ended in failure either in part due to his own shortcomings or the efforts of Ham Gravy. Eventually, Wormwood would finally leave Olive be, allowing her to try and move forward in her relationship with Ham Gravy who would become her more-or-less fiancée. Their relationship however would be a very difficult one as Ham Gravy was a slacker type who did as little work as possible and was always borrowing money when not being enamored by other women. His attraction to other women—particularly if they were rich—naturally incensed Olive, and she once succumbed to a fit of "lunaphobia" (a kind of angry madness) over one of his amours. When she recovered, she continued to pretend to have the disorder to win him back.

She was not immune to flattery from other men, but remained committed to Ham throughout the length of their rocky relationship. Dice Island After Olive's brother Castor came into the possession of the magical Bernice the Whiffle Hen , he, Olive and Hamgravy sought to make it rich in the casino paradise of Dice Island . To reach their destination, Castor hired a local sailor in the port known as Popeye the Sailor . Upon first meeting the gruff sailor, Olive immediately hated his guts, and her first words to him were "Take your hooks offa me or I'll lay ya in a scupper", and they fought bitterly---and hilariously---for weeks until finally realizing that they had feelings for each other. It was at this point that Olive left her longtime boyfriend Harold Hamgravy to be with the sailor she now loved, and the two would remain almost inseparable from then on. Songs Since her debut in animation, Olive Oyl has been given a few unique songs. I Want a Clean Shaven Man Why Am I So Beautiful By a Waterfall

Question: What is the name of Olive Oyl's brother
Answer: Castor